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County cricket: Middlesex v Kent, Warwickshire v Surrey, and more – live | County Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureIt comes to an end, with Cooke bowled for 132 and Glamorgan pocketing...

Nigel Slater’s recipes for grilled mackerel with lemon, and baked polenta with spinach | Fish

The words, chalked in upper case on a grey board, greet me from afar: CARLINGFORD OYSTERS. CORNISH MACKEREL. For once, my mind is made...

The week in TV: Citadel; Malpractice; The Curse; The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld | Television

Citadel (Amazon Prime Video)Malpractice (ITVX) | itv.comThe Curse (Channel 4) | channel4.comThe Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld (BBC Two) | iPlayerA hurtling train. The black outline...

‘We need to read the room’: GOP divided on abortion as Democrats unite for 2024 | Abortion

Hours after Joe Biden announced his re-election campaign on Tuesday, his vice-president and 2024 running mate, Kamala Harris, delivered a fiery call to action...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian soldiers likely placed in ‘holes in the ground’ for misdemeanours, says UK | Ukraine

Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi has spoken about her surprise visit to Ukraine just after the Russian invasion had begun.Pelosi and other lawmakers...

Joe Biden hails ‘absolute courage’ of detained journalist Evan Gershkovich | Joe Biden

Joe Biden has praised the “absolute courage” of Evan Gershkovich, the US journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges, and reiterated calls on Moscow...

Comeback king Brecel to face Selby in final after Allen charge falls just short | World Snooker Championship

Luca Brecel produced the greatest ever Crucible comeback as he won 11 frames in a row against Si Jiahui while Mark Selby held off...

From a Himalayan kingdom to western Sydney: one man’s journey against his own victimhood | Australian books

In his first weeks in Australia on a student visa, Om Dhungel wanted to get a job to send money to his family in...

TV tonight: Frankie Boyle’s fist-bitingly funny swipe at the royal family | Television & radio

Frankie Boyle’s Farewell to the Monarchy10pm, Channel 4As an antidote to the BBC’s bumper coronation buildup, Frankie Boyle takes a caustic swipe at the...

Cody Gakpo and Liverpool need to use momentum going into vital summer | Liverpool

Cody Gakpo’s first six games as a Liverpool player yielded one victory. He joined a club low on confidence and bereft of form, making...

Public invited to swear their allegiance as king is crowned | King Charles coronation

Members of the public watching the coronation on television, online and in parks and pubs will be invited to swear aloud their allegiance to...

La Rochelle’s Uini Atonio: ‘Ronan O’Gara was the key piece we needed’ | La Rochelle

Uini Atonio is right on time for our Zoom appointment. “I think we’re having lunch soon,” he says with a grin. “I don’t want...

The moment I knew: we were ‘just friends’. Then we watched Sharknado with our elbows touching | Life and style

There’s a photo of Sam and me, taken on the night we first met. It was 2012 at the Sydney theatre awards; he had...

‘Cool time to be making shit’: why artist Illma Gore is optimistic about the rise of AI | Australian art

The seemingly sudden emergence of artificial intelligence into our everyday reality has unsettled many – but not Illma Gore.“We are entering a new era,”...

Sudanese army blocks Britons from boarding last rescue flights | Sudan

Britons are feared to have been stranded in Sudan following reports that the country’s armed forces had prevented a number of people from reaching...

UK coastguard ‘left Channel migrants adrift’ in lead-up to mass drowning | Refugees

Hundreds of vulnerable migrants were abandoned to their fates after the UK coastguard “effectively ignored” reports of small boats in distress during the days...

Hundred’s days now look numbered but alternatives seem sure to provoke a row | The Hundred

The ECB gathered at Edgbaston more than 30 of the nation’s most talented white-ball players, men and women, last Monday to kickstart the publicity...

Dmitry Buriak: the next generation of NFT

xNFTs are revolutionizing the blockchain space by combining the unique properties of traditional NFTs with the power of embedded code that allows native web3...

Sergio Pérez wins Azerbaijan sprint race for Red Bull with Verstappen third | Formula One

Sergio Pérez won the sprint race at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix for Red Bull with a strong drive on the streets of Baku. He...

England clinch Women’s Six Nations grand slam in epic finale against France | Women’s Six Nations

The bare facts are a big deal in themselves. England are the Six Nations grand-slam champions and sealed the deal with a thunderous first-half...

County cricket: Middlesex v Kent, Warwickshire v Surrey, and more – live | County Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureMatt Lamb out for 99Heartbreak for Lamb, lbw to Raine for 99 having...

England v France: Women’s Six Nations title and grand slam decider – live | Women’s Six Nations

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePENALTY TRY! England 26-0 FranceAnd a yellow card for the prop Bernadou. She...

Crystal Palace v West Ham: Premier League – live | Premier League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureCrystal Palace v West Ham is go ...1 min: Crystal Palace get the...

Ian Nepomniachtchi v Ding Liren: World Chess Championship Game 14 – live | World Chess Championship 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureNepomniachtchi plays the natural 13. ... Qc7 after an eight-minute think. That threatens...

Tim Minchin: ‘Politics affects my mental health … I feel gaslit’ | Tim Minchin

The Australian composer and entertainer Tim Minchin sits outside a rehearsal room in London. It is a pleasant day in April. Tooled up on...

E Jean Carroll: ‘invincible old lady’ tells Trump rape trial of years of suffering | Donald Trump

For decades, America saw one face of E Jean Carroll.The sophisticated Elle magazine advice columnist, who was nominated for an Emmy while writing for...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Crimea oil depot on fire; Zelenskiy condemns ‘absolute evil’ after missile strikes kill 25 | Ukraine

Crimean fuel tank on fire after suspected drone attackA fuel tank was ablaze in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol in what appeared to...

From Polite Society to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – a complete guide to this week’s entertainment | Culture

Going out: CinemaLove According to DalvaOut nowThis drama, which premiered last year at Cannes, is necessarily a tough watch. Telling the story of a...

‘Publishing these books is a risk’: Taiwan’s booksellers stand up for democracy | Taiwan

In a bookstore near one of Taipei’s leading universities, Zeng Da-fu and his wife work quietly into the evening. Zeng has run this store...

Luca Brecel fights back against Si Jiahui in thrilling Crucible semi-final | World Snooker Championship

Luca Brecel staged a brave fightback to stay in his World Snooker Championship semi-final against Si Jiahui in one of the most exciting sessions...

Anointing screen to be used in King Charles coronation revealed | King Charles coronation

The king and the queen consort will be anointed behind a specially created screen of fine embroidery, held by poles hewn from an ancient...

Manchester United keep WSL title bid on track with late win at Aston Villa | Women’s Super League

In the best traditions of Fergie-time, substitute Millie Turner headed home the latest possible winning goal to help Manchester United stretch their lead at...

Yacht once owned by Richard Burton in shootout off Yemen coast | Yemen

Armed guards aboard a yacht once owned by the late Welsh actor Richard Burton have fired on approaching ships in the Gulf of Aden,...

Leaked abortion draft made us ‘targets of assassination’, Samuel Alito says | Roe v Wade

Samuel Alito said the decision he wrote removing the federal right to abortion made him and other US supreme court justices “targets of assassination”...

Tea, bunting but no magic: appeal of king’s coronation shrinks in New Zealand | King Charles coronation

In town halls and social media groups, New Zealand’s most committed royalists are planning high teas, concerts, and watching parties. For the most dedicated,...

8,400 eggs and a 3.5-metre frying pan: New Caledonia bonds over giant omelette | New Caledonia

Using 8,400 eggs, 25kg of venison sausage and 14 bottles of salt and pepper, New Caledonia’s giant omelette festival aims to bring people together...

‘Crimes against humanity’: UN body calls for release of Guantánamo inmate | Guantánamo Bay

A UN body has declared that the detention of a long-term Guantánamo inmate, Abu Zubaydah, has no lawful basis and called for his immediate...

Sunak under pressure to stop choosing Tories for BBC jobs after Sharp row | BBC

Rishi Sunak is under pressure to stop appointing Conservatives to key positions at the BBC after Richard Sharp’s resignation prompted criticism the party had...

Jerry Springer obituary | US television

For the better part of three decades, The Jerry Springer Show took the talkshow format into increasingly outlandish areas. Springer, who has died aged...

‘My friends ask: are you going here?’ Bristol City’s Alex Scott, transfer target of the elite | Bristol City

“I feel like I played all right … I don’t think I played that well,” Alex Scott says, doing himself something of a disservice...

Points, pain and penalties: non-league football stories you may have missed | Football

A ton up for EbbsfleetMuch was made of the fact that, despite amassing more than 100 points each, only one of Wrexham or Notts...

‘Too provocative’ mermaid statue causes stir in southern Italy | Italy

The voluptuous statue of a mermaid placed in a square in a fishing village in Puglia, southern Italy, has caused a stir for being...

A decade on from Rana Plaza, fast fashion still reigns – has anything changed for Gen Z? | Fashion

Gen Z are often hailed as being pioneers of sustainable fashion, but a decade on from the Rana Plaza disaster I wonder if this...

Persian power, Pinochet protests and postwar punks and princes – the week in art | Art and design

Exhibition of the weekLuxury and PowerThe struggle for power between ancient Greece and the Persian empire, seen in a radical new light. British Museum,...

Brentford’s Rico Henry: ‘Teams said I was too timid, not big enough. It gave me more fire’ | Brentford

“It’s heartbreaking,” Rico Henry says as he thinks back to his childhood and remembers trials ending with clubs telling him he was too short...

Dmytro Buriak: 5 reasons why you should invest in WEB3 GAMING

Web3 games are rapidly becoming a new frontier in the gaming industry, offering a host of innovative features and benefits that are changing the...

Weather tracker: Spain’s spring heatwave breaks April records | Spain

Spain has experienced a record-breaking spring heatwave over the past couple of days. A plume of hot, dry air originated over northern Africa, where...